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Letters Patent No. 92,808-, dated July 20, 1869.

IMPROVED VELOCIPEDE.

The Schedule referred to iu these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, DAVID J. FARMER, of Wheelills, ginia, have invented a new and improved Velocipede; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, retin-ence being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this` spe-cilication, in Which- Y Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through line :t of fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top view. The-object of this invention is to provide for the public a velocip'ede, designed for use ordinarily on land, but capable of running equally well on water, so that when the rider arrives at a lake, river, or other sheet ot' water, he can ride directly on to it and across it, in

that manner, without the necessity'of disrnounting or stopping to eli'ect any change in his vehicle.

1n the drawings- AA is the seat;

B, the reach or arched beam supporting the seat;

C, the vertical standard, conneted with the forward end ofthe reach and serving, by lneans of handles or pedals c c,to steer the carriage;

D D, the Working-levers;

E E,'pit1nen, connect-ing the levers to the cranks of' the working-shaft;

F F, the cranks;

c, the working shaft, carrying a small gear-wheel, e

G G, the draught-wheels H, the axle oi' said wheels; and

I, a large gear-wheel, attached to said axle,and operated by the levers D D, through-the medium of the rods E E, cranks F, and gear-wheel c'. The wheels G G are designed to work equally well on land or water, and-to be in themselves oats which serve to support the'cairiage in the water.

To this end they are constructed in the fonn of hollow cylinders of any required size, and of any suitableniaterial, such as sheet-metal, wood, Src., and are provided with one or more circumferential flanges,

g, together with projecting ets, g.

When running on land, the wheels bear l.on the radial paddles or buck- When running on water, these flangesserve as in the county of Ohio, and State ofVVcst Vir-` Ihe lower end of the steering-rod or standard G is rigidly attached to a hollow cigar-shaped ioat, M, which, rests on a truck .or '-Yroller, lm, the latter heilig attached to it b y a strap, m', or by any other suitable means. Y

A rudder, It, may be provided at ythe rear end of the float, its tiller-arins or cross-head being connected,v by cords or chains o o, to the fixed and immovable socket s, of the standard C.

By this means a change of position in the float M will throw the helm to one side or the other, although the ropes themselves arefastened to the rigid piece s, and thus -eitherthe Heat alene, or the combined float and rudder, may be employed to control the course of the velocipede.

The float M may be made'of some solid light Inaterial, such as-.corlg if preferred, and may be made stationary, kand the tiller-ropes attached directly to the pedals or cross-heads c c, so as to steer the vehicle by means ofthe rudder alone.

I donot intend to clailn broadly a vided with the hollow wheels thus described my invention,

What I claiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The wheels G G, when constructed lin .the forni of a hollow cylinder', having the, circumferential flanges gg and 'the radial'ilanges g. g', substantially as' and for the purposev set forth.

2. A oat, M, arranged in relation to the standard C and the rear-wheels G G` ofy a velocipedesubstan tially as and fortlie purposes set forth.

3. The combination of a rudder, R, with float M, and treadles or cross-head c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The arrangement of the rudder R., wheel m, float M, standardfG, socket s, and ropes o o, 'substantially as and for'the purpose describe( 5. The combination of float M, wheel m, standard C, reach B, levers I), rods E, cranks and gear-wheels F e' I, axle H, and wheels G Gr, when constructed to operate together, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

velocipede pro- DAVID J. FARMER.

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